Topic
Reasonable Accommodation
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Fair Housing Defense
How To Respond If Management is Unclear if a Resident is Making a Reasonable Accommodation or Modification Request
As a professional apartment management company, we know the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and various state laws require us to review and respond to reasonable accommodation and reasonable modification requests. …
California Employment Law
The Interactive Process and Reasonable Accommodation of Disabled Workers
I've said before that one of the most daunting challenges facing employers today is understanding the extent of their obligation to accommodate disabled workers. The difficulty stems from the breadth…
Labor & Employment Report
Reasonable Accommodations: Employer’s Choice
By Fiona W. Ong
Given all the emphasis on employees' rights under various laws, employers are sometimes confused about their own rights. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a perfect example. Under the…
Employment Discrimination Report
No Nexus Required Between Requested ADA Accommodation And Essential Job Function
An interesting question out of Louisiana was posed to the federal court of appeals recently. A government attorney who was acknowledged to be disabled – osteoarthritis of the knee –…
Employment Discrimination Report
Hospital Sued By EEOC For Firing Nurse Who Needed A Cane
Reasonable accommodation and the interactice process in disability situations has captured the EEOC's attention. And it should also capture the attention of employers and HR people. A Tampa hospital has just…
Employment Law Watch
Free Parking? Reasonable Accommodation? What’s Next?
By Mark Temple
Mark Temple and Peter Stuhldreher wrote a post on Forbes.com discussing a new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) case. The ADA requires that when disabled employees show up to work, employers…
Understanding the ADA
Is indefinite medical leave a reasonable accommodation under the ADA? ? State Law? Local municipal law?
In a prior blog entry, we discussed whether indefinite medical leave was a reasonable accommodation under the ADA. In that blog entry, we discussed a case from the 10th circuit,…
Employment Discrimination Report
Firing Of Employee With Usher’s Syndrome: EEOC Sues Based Upon “Perception of Disability”
The EEOC recently announced the commencement of a new lawsuit which it filed accusing a leading health care provider in Maryland of violating the ADA for failing to provide a reasonable…
Law and the Workplace
Employer Must Prove Indefinite Leave Is Undue Hardship Under NYCHRL, Says New York’s Highest Court
By Allan Weitzman, Marc A. Mandelman, Katharine Parker, Joshua Stein, Fredric Leffler
The New York State Court of Appeals’ recent holding in Romanello v. Intesa Sanpaolo, 2013 N.Y. LEXIS 2755; 2013 Slip Op 6600 (N.Y. Oct. 10, 2013), now makes it more…
Understanding the ADA
Does a resignation end an employer’s duty to accommodate an employee?
An employee learns that she has cancer. Shaken up by the diagnosis she returns to work the same day and tells the on-site coordinator of her diagnosis. The on-site supervisor…